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+/*
+ * Non-physical true random number generator based on timing jitter --
+ * Jitter RNG standalone code.
+ *
+ * Copyright Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>, 2015
+ *
+ * Design
+ * ======
+ *
+ * See http://www.chronox.de/jent.html
+ *
+ * License
+ * =======
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *    notice, and the entire permission notice in its entirety,
+ *    including the disclaimer of warranties.
+ * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ * 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote
+ *    products derived from this software without specific prior
+ *    written permission.
+ *
+ * ALTERNATIVELY, this product may be distributed under the terms of
+ * the GNU General Public License, in which case the provisions of the GPL2 are
+ * required INSTEAD OF the above restrictions.  (This clause is
+ * necessary due to a potential bad interaction between the GPL and
+ * the restrictions contained in a BSD-style copyright.)
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+ * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
+ * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ALL OF
+ * WHICH ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE
+ * LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+ * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
+ * OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
+ * BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE
+ * USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
+ * DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * This Jitterentropy RNG is based on the jitterentropy library
+ * version 1.1.0 provided at http://www.chronox.de/jent.html
+ */
+
+#ifdef __OPTIMIZE__
+ #error "The CPU Jitter random number generator must not be compiled with optimizations. See documentation. Use the compiler switch -O0 for compiling jitterentropy.c."
+#endif
+
+typedef	unsigned long long	__u64;
+typedef	long long		__s64;
+typedef	unsigned int		__u32;
+#define NULL    ((void *) 0)
+
+/* The entropy pool */
+struct rand_data {
+	/* all data values that are vital to maintain the security
+	 * of the RNG are marked as SENSITIVE. A user must not
+	 * access that information while the RNG executes its loops to
+	 * calculate the next random value. */
+	__u64 data;		/* SENSITIVE Actual random number */
+	__u64 old_data;		/* SENSITIVE Previous random number */
+	__u64 prev_time;	/* SENSITIVE Previous time stamp */
+#define DATA_SIZE_BITS ((sizeof(__u64)) * 8)
+	__u64 last_delta;	/* SENSITIVE stuck test */
+	__s64 last_delta2;	/* SENSITIVE stuck test */
+	unsigned int stuck:1;	/* Time measurement stuck */
+	unsigned int osr;	/* Oversample rate */
+	unsigned int stir:1;		/* Post-processing stirring */
+	unsigned int disable_unbias:1;	/* Deactivate Von-Neuman unbias */
+#define JENT_MEMORY_BLOCKS 64
+#define JENT_MEMORY_BLOCKSIZE 32
+#define JENT_MEMORY_ACCESSLOOPS 128
+#define JENT_MEMORY_SIZE (JENT_MEMORY_BLOCKS*JENT_MEMORY_BLOCKSIZE)
+	unsigned char *mem;	/* Memory access location with size of
+				 * memblocks * memblocksize */
+	unsigned int memlocation; /* Pointer to byte in *mem */
+	unsigned int memblocks;	/* Number of memory blocks in *mem */
+	unsigned int memblocksize; /* Size of one memory block in bytes */
+	unsigned int memaccessloops; /* Number of memory accesses per random
+				      * bit generation */
+};
+
+/* Flags that can be used to initialize the RNG */
+#define JENT_DISABLE_STIR (1<<0) /* Disable stirring the entropy pool */
+#define JENT_DISABLE_UNBIAS (1<<1) /* Disable the Von-Neuman Unbiaser */
+#define JENT_DISABLE_MEMORY_ACCESS (1<<2) /* Disable memory access for more
+					   * entropy, saves MEMORY_SIZE RAM for
+					   * entropy collector */
+
+/* -- error codes for init function -- */
+#define JENT_ENOTIME		1 /* Timer service not available */
+#define JENT_ECOARSETIME	2 /* Timer too coarse for RNG */
+#define JENT_ENOMONOTONIC	3 /* Timer is not monotonic increasing */
+#define JENT_EMINVARIATION	4 /* Timer variations too small for RNG */
+#define JENT_EVARVAR		5 /* Timer does not produce variations of
+				   * variations (2nd derivation of time is
+				   * zero). */
+#define JENT_EMINVARVAR		6 /* Timer variations of variations is tooi
+				   * small. */
+
+/***************************************************************************
+ * Helper functions
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+void jent_get_nstime(__u64 *out);
+__u64 jent_rol64(__u64 word, unsigned int shift);
+void *jent_zalloc(unsigned int len);
+void jent_zfree(void *ptr);
+int jent_fips_enabled(void);
+void jent_panic(char *s);
+void jent_memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, unsigned int n);
+
+/**
+ * Update of the loop count used for the next round of
+ * an entropy collection.
+ *
+ * Input:
+ * @ec entropy collector struct -- may be NULL
+ * @bits is the number of low bits of the timer to consider
+ * @min is the number of bits we shift the timer value to the right at
+ *	the end to make sure we have a guaranteed minimum value
+ *
+ * @return Newly calculated loop counter
+ */
+static __u64 jent_loop_shuffle(struct rand_data *ec,
+			       unsigned int bits, unsigned int min)
+{
+	__u64 time = 0;
+	__u64 shuffle = 0;
+	unsigned int i = 0;
+	unsigned int mask = (1<<bits) - 1;
+
+	jent_get_nstime(&time);
+	/*
+	 * mix the current state of the random number into the shuffle
+	 * calculation to balance that shuffle a bit more
+	 */
+	if (ec)
+		time ^= ec->data;
+	/*
+	 * we fold the time value as much as possible to ensure that as many
+	 * bits of the time stamp are included as possible
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; (DATA_SIZE_BITS / bits) > i; i++) {
+		shuffle ^= time & mask;
+		time = time >> bits;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We add a lower boundary value to ensure we have a minimum
+	 * RNG loop count.
+	 */
+	return (shuffle + (1<<min));
+}
+
+/***************************************************************************
+ * Noise sources
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+/**
+ * CPU Jitter noise source -- this is the noise source based on the CPU
+ *			      execution time jitter
+ *
+ * This function folds the time into one bit units by iterating
+ * through the DATA_SIZE_BITS bit time value as follows: assume our time value
+ * is 0xabcd
+ * 1st loop, 1st shift generates 0xd000
+ * 1st loop, 2nd shift generates 0x000d
+ * 2nd loop, 1st shift generates 0xcd00
+ * 2nd loop, 2nd shift generates 0x000c
+ * 3rd loop, 1st shift generates 0xbcd0
+ * 3rd loop, 2nd shift generates 0x000b
+ * 4th loop, 1st shift generates 0xabcd
+ * 4th loop, 2nd shift generates 0x000a
+ * Now, the values at the end of the 2nd shifts are XORed together.
+ *
+ * The code is deliberately inefficient and shall stay that way. This function
+ * is the root cause why the code shall be compiled without optimization. This
+ * function not only acts as folding operation, but this function's execution
+ * is used to measure the CPU execution time jitter. Any change to the loop in
+ * this function implies that careful retesting must be done.
+ *
+ * Input:
+ * @ec entropy collector struct -- may be NULL
+ * @time time stamp to be folded
+ * @loop_cnt if a value not equal to 0 is set, use the given value as number of
+ *	     loops to perform the folding
+ *
+ * Output:
+ * @folded result of folding operation
+ *
+ * @return Number of loops the folding operation is performed
+ */
+static __u64 jent_fold_time(struct rand_data *ec, __u64 time,
+			    __u64 *folded, __u64 loop_cnt)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	__u64 j = 0;
+	__u64 new = 0;
+#define MAX_FOLD_LOOP_BIT 4
+#define MIN_FOLD_LOOP_BIT 0
+	__u64 fold_loop_cnt =
+		jent_loop_shuffle(ec, MAX_FOLD_LOOP_BIT, MIN_FOLD_LOOP_BIT);
+
+	/*
+	 * testing purposes -- allow test app to set the counter, not
+	 * needed during runtime
+	 */
+	if (loop_cnt)
+		fold_loop_cnt = loop_cnt;
+	for (j = 0; j < fold_loop_cnt; j++) {
+		new = 0;
+		for (i = 1; (DATA_SIZE_BITS) >= i; i++) {
+			__u64 tmp = time << (DATA_SIZE_BITS - i);
+
+			tmp = tmp >> (DATA_SIZE_BITS - 1);
+			new ^= tmp;
+		}
+	}
+	*folded = new;
+	return fold_loop_cnt;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Memory Access noise source -- this is a noise source based on variations in
+ *				 memory access times
+ *
+ * This function performs memory accesses which will add to the timing
+ * variations due to an unknown amount of CPU wait states that need to be
+ * added when accessing memory. The memory size should be larger than the L1
+ * caches as outlined in the documentation and the associated testing.
+ *
+ * The L1 cache has a very high bandwidth, albeit its access rate is  usually
+ * slower than accessing CPU registers. Therefore, L1 accesses only add minimal
+ * variations as the CPU has hardly to wait. Starting with L2, significant
+ * variations are added because L2 typically does not belong to the CPU any more
+ * and therefore a wider range of CPU wait states is necessary for accesses.
+ * L3 and real memory accesses have even a wider range of wait states. However,
+ * to reliably access either L3 or memory, the ec->mem memory must be quite
+ * large which is usually not desirable.
+ *
+ * Input:
+ * @ec Reference to the entropy collector with the memory access data -- if
+ *     the reference to the memory block to be accessed is NULL, this noise
+ *     source is disabled
+ * @loop_cnt if a value not equal to 0 is set, use the given value as number of
+ *	     loops to perform the folding
+ *
+ * @return Number of memory access operations
+ */
+static unsigned int jent_memaccess(struct rand_data *ec, __u64 loop_cnt)
+{
+	unsigned char *tmpval = NULL;
+	unsigned int wrap = 0;
+	__u64 i = 0;
+#define MAX_ACC_LOOP_BIT 7
+#define MIN_ACC_LOOP_BIT 0
+	__u64 acc_loop_cnt =
+		jent_loop_shuffle(ec, MAX_ACC_LOOP_BIT, MIN_ACC_LOOP_BIT);
+
+	if (NULL == ec || NULL == ec->mem)
+		return 0;
+	wrap = ec->memblocksize * ec->memblocks;
+
+	/*
+	 * testing purposes -- allow test app to set the counter, not
+	 * needed during runtime
+	 */
+	if (loop_cnt)
+		acc_loop_cnt = loop_cnt;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < (ec->memaccessloops + acc_loop_cnt); i++) {
+		tmpval = ec->mem + ec->memlocation;
+		/*
+		 * memory access: just add 1 to one byte,
+		 * wrap at 255 -- memory access implies read
+		 * from and write to memory location
+		 */
+		*tmpval = (*tmpval + 1) & 0xff;
+		/*
+		 * Addition of memblocksize - 1 to pointer
+		 * with wrap around logic to ensure that every
+		 * memory location is hit evenly
+		 */
+		ec->memlocation = ec->memlocation + ec->memblocksize - 1;
+		ec->memlocation = ec->memlocation % wrap;
+	}
+	return i;
+}
+
+/***************************************************************************
+ * Start of entropy processing logic
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+/**
+ * Stuck test by checking the:
+ *	1st derivation of the jitter measurement (time delta)
+ *	2nd derivation of the jitter measurement (delta of time deltas)
+ *	3rd derivation of the jitter measurement (delta of delta of time deltas)
+ *
+ * All values must always be non-zero.
+ *
+ * Input:
+ * @ec Reference to entropy collector
+ * @current_delta Jitter time delta
+ *
+ * @return
+ *	0 jitter measurement not stuck (good bit)
+ *	1 jitter measurement stuck (reject bit)
+ */
+static void jent_stuck(struct rand_data *ec, __u64 current_delta)
+{
+	__s64 delta2 = ec->last_delta - current_delta;
+	__s64 delta3 = delta2 - ec->last_delta2;
+
+	ec->last_delta = current_delta;
+	ec->last_delta2 = delta2;
+
+	if (!current_delta || !delta2 || !delta3)
+		ec->stuck = 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * This is the heart of the entropy generation: calculate time deltas and
+ * use the CPU jitter in the time deltas. The jitter is folded into one
+ * bit. You can call this function the "random bit generator" as it
+ * produces one random bit per invocation.
+ *
+ * WARNING: ensure that ->prev_time is primed before using the output
+ *	    of this function! This can be done by calling this function
+ *	    and not using its result.
+ *
+ * Input:
+ * @entropy_collector Reference to entropy collector
+ *
+ * @return One random bit
+ */
+static __u64 jent_measure_jitter(struct rand_data *ec)
+{
+	__u64 time = 0;
+	__u64 data = 0;
+	__u64 current_delta = 0;
+
+	/* Invoke one noise source before time measurement to add variations */
+	jent_memaccess(ec, 0);
+
+	/*
+	 * Get time stamp and calculate time delta to previous
+	 * invocation to measure the timing variations
+	 */
+	jent_get_nstime(&time);
+	current_delta = time - ec->prev_time;
+	ec->prev_time = time;
+
+	/* Now call the next noise sources which also folds the data */
+	jent_fold_time(ec, current_delta, &data, 0);
+
+	/*
+	 * Check whether we have a stuck measurement. The enforcement
+	 * is performed after the stuck value has been mixed into the
+	 * entropy pool.
+	 */
+	jent_stuck(ec, current_delta);
+
+	return data;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Von Neuman unbias as explained in RFC 4086 section 4.2. As shown in the
+ * documentation of that RNG, the bits from jent_measure_jitter are considered
+ * independent which implies that the Von Neuman unbias operation is applicable.
+ * A proof of the Von-Neumann unbias operation to remove skews is given in the
+ * document "A proposal for: Functionality classes for random number
+ * generators", version 2.0 by Werner Schindler, section 5.4.1.
+ *
+ * Input:
+ * @entropy_collector Reference to entropy collector
+ *
+ * @return One random bit
+ */
+static __u64 jent_unbiased_bit(struct rand_data *entropy_collector)
+{
+	do {
+		__u64 a = jent_measure_jitter(entropy_collector);
+		__u64 b = jent_measure_jitter(entropy_collector);
+
+		if (a == b)
+			continue;
+		if (1 == a)
+			return 1;
+		else
+			return 0;
+	} while (1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Shuffle the pool a bit by mixing some value with a bijective function (XOR)
+ * into the pool.
+ *
+ * The function generates a mixer value that depends on the bits set and the
+ * location of the set bits in the random number generated by the entropy
+ * source. Therefore, based on the generated random number, this mixer value
+ * can have 2**64 different values. That mixer value is initialized with the
+ * first two SHA-1 constants. After obtaining the mixer value, it is XORed into
+ * the random number.
+ *
+ * The mixer value is not assumed to contain any entropy. But due to the XOR
+ * operation, it can also not destroy any entropy present in the entropy pool.
+ *
+ * Input:
+ * @entropy_collector Reference to entropy collector
+ */
+static void jent_stir_pool(struct rand_data *entropy_collector)
+{
+	/*
+	 * to shut up GCC on 32 bit, we have to initialize the 64 variable
+	 * with two 32 bit variables
+	 */
+	union c {
+		__u64 u64;
+		__u32 u32[2];
+	};
+	/*
+	 * This constant is derived from the first two 32 bit initialization
+	 * vectors of SHA-1 as defined in FIPS 180-4 section 5.3.1
+	 */
+	union c constant;
+	/*
+	 * The start value of the mixer variable is derived from the third
+	 * and fourth 32 bit initialization vector of SHA-1 as defined in
+	 * FIPS 180-4 section 5.3.1
+	 */
+	union c mixer;
+	unsigned int i = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Store the SHA-1 constants in reverse order to make up the 64 bit
+	 * value -- this applies to a little endian system, on a big endian
+	 * system, it reverses as expected. But this really does not matter
+	 * as we do not rely on the specific numbers. We just pick the SHA-1
+	 * constants as they have a good mix of bit set and unset.
+	 */
+	constant.u32[1] = 0x67452301;
+	constant.u32[0] = 0xefcdab89;
+	mixer.u32[1] = 0x98badcfe;
+	mixer.u32[0] = 0x10325476;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < DATA_SIZE_BITS; i++) {
+		/*
+		 * get the i-th bit of the input random number and only XOR
+		 * the constant into the mixer value when that bit is set
+		 */
+		if ((entropy_collector->data >> i) & 1)
+			mixer.u64 ^= constant.u64;
+		mixer.u64 = jent_rol64(mixer.u64, 1);
+	}
+	entropy_collector->data ^= mixer.u64;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Generator of one 64 bit random number
+ * Function fills rand_data->data
+ *
+ * Input:
+ * @ec Reference to entropy collector
+ */
+static void jent_gen_entropy(struct rand_data *ec)
+{
+	unsigned int k = 0;
+
+	/* priming of the ->prev_time value */
+	jent_measure_jitter(ec);
+
+	while (1) {
+		__u64 data = 0;
+
+		if (ec->disable_unbias == 1)
+			data = jent_measure_jitter(ec);
+		else
+			data = jent_unbiased_bit(ec);
+
+		/* enforcement of the jent_stuck test */
+		if (ec->stuck) {
+			/*
+			 * We only mix in the bit considered not appropriate
+			 * without the LSFR. The reason is that if we apply
+			 * the LSFR and we do not rotate, the 2nd bit with LSFR
+			 * will cancel out the first LSFR application on the
+			 * bad bit.
+			 *
+			 * And we do not rotate as we apply the next bit to the
+			 * current bit location again.
+			 */
+			ec->data ^= data;
+			ec->stuck = 0;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Fibonacci LSFR with polynom of
+		 *  x^64 + x^61 + x^56 + x^31 + x^28 + x^23 + 1 which is
+		 *  primitive according to
+		 *   http://poincare.matf.bg.ac.rs/~ezivkovm/publications/primpol1.pdf
+		 * (the shift values are the polynom values minus one
+		 * due to counting bits from 0 to 63). As the current
+		 * position is always the LSB, the polynom only needs
+		 * to shift data in from the left without wrap.
+		 */
+		ec->data ^= data;
+		ec->data ^= ((ec->data >> 63) & 1);
+		ec->data ^= ((ec->data >> 60) & 1);
+		ec->data ^= ((ec->data >> 55) & 1);
+		ec->data ^= ((ec->data >> 30) & 1);
+		ec->data ^= ((ec->data >> 27) & 1);
+		ec->data ^= ((ec->data >> 22) & 1);
+		ec->data = jent_rol64(ec->data, 1);
+
+		/*
+		 * We multiply the loop value with ->osr to obtain the
+		 * oversampling rate requested by the caller
+		 */
+		if (++k >= (DATA_SIZE_BITS * ec->osr))
+			break;
+	}
+	if (ec->stir)
+		jent_stir_pool(ec);
+}
+
+/**
+ * The continuous test required by FIPS 140-2 -- the function automatically
+ * primes the test if needed.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * 0 if FIPS test passed
+ * < 0 if FIPS test failed
+ */
+static void jent_fips_test(struct rand_data *ec)
+{
+	if (!jent_fips_enabled())
+		return;
+
+	/* prime the FIPS test */
+	if (!ec->old_data) {
+		ec->old_data = ec->data;
+		jent_gen_entropy(ec);
+	}
+
+	if (ec->data == ec->old_data)
+		jent_panic("jitterentropy: Duplicate output detected\n");
+
+	ec->old_data = ec->data;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Entry function: Obtain entropy for the caller.
+ *
+ * This function invokes the entropy gathering logic as often to generate
+ * as many bytes as requested by the caller. The entropy gathering logic
+ * creates 64 bit per invocation.
+ *
+ * This function truncates the last 64 bit entropy value output to the exact
+ * size specified by the caller.
+ *
+ * Input:
+ * @ec Reference to entropy collector
+ * @data pointer to buffer for storing random data -- buffer must already
+ *	 exist
+ * @len size of the buffer, specifying also the requested number of random
+ *	in bytes
+ *
+ * @return 0 when request is fulfilled or an error
+ *
+ * The following error codes can occur:
+ *	-1	entropy_collector is NULL
+ */
+int jent_read_entropy(struct rand_data *ec, unsigned char *data,
+		      unsigned int len)
+{
+	unsigned char *p = data;
+
+	if (!ec)
+		return -1;
+
+	while (0 < len) {
+		unsigned int tocopy;
+
+		jent_gen_entropy(ec);
+		jent_fips_test(ec);
+		if ((DATA_SIZE_BITS / 8) < len)
+			tocopy = (DATA_SIZE_BITS / 8);
+		else
+			tocopy = len;
+		jent_memcpy(p, &ec->data, tocopy);
+
+		len -= tocopy;
+		p += tocopy;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/***************************************************************************
+ * Initialization logic
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+struct rand_data *jent_entropy_collector_alloc(unsigned int osr,
+					       unsigned int flags)
+{
+	struct rand_data *entropy_collector;
+
+	entropy_collector = jent_zalloc(sizeof(struct rand_data));
+	if (!entropy_collector)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (!(flags & JENT_DISABLE_MEMORY_ACCESS)) {
+		/* Allocate memory for adding variations based on memory
+		 * access
+		 */
+		entropy_collector->mem = jent_zalloc(JENT_MEMORY_SIZE);
+		if (!entropy_collector->mem) {
+			jent_zfree(entropy_collector);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		entropy_collector->memblocksize = JENT_MEMORY_BLOCKSIZE;
+		entropy_collector->memblocks = JENT_MEMORY_BLOCKS;
+		entropy_collector->memaccessloops = JENT_MEMORY_ACCESSLOOPS;
+	}
+
+	/* verify and set the oversampling rate */
+	if (0 == osr)
+		osr = 1; /* minimum sampling rate is 1 */
+	entropy_collector->osr = osr;
+
+	entropy_collector->stir = 1;
+	if (flags & JENT_DISABLE_STIR)
+		entropy_collector->stir = 0;
+	if (flags & JENT_DISABLE_UNBIAS)
+		entropy_collector->disable_unbias = 1;
+
+	/* fill the data pad with non-zero values */
+	jent_gen_entropy(entropy_collector);
+
+	return entropy_collector;
+}
+
+void jent_entropy_collector_free(struct rand_data *entropy_collector)
+{
+	jent_zfree(entropy_collector->mem);
+	entropy_collector->mem = NULL;
+	jent_zfree(entropy_collector);
+	entropy_collector = NULL;
+}
+
+int jent_entropy_init(void)
+{
+	int i;
+	__u64 delta_sum = 0;
+	__u64 old_delta = 0;
+	int time_backwards = 0;
+	int count_var = 0;
+	int count_mod = 0;
+
+	/* We could perform statistical tests here, but the problem is
+	 * that we only have a few loop counts to do testing. These
+	 * loop counts may show some slight skew and we produce
+	 * false positives.
+	 *
+	 * Moreover, only old systems show potentially problematic
+	 * jitter entropy that could potentially be caught here. But
+	 * the RNG is intended for hardware that is available or widely
+	 * used, but not old systems that are long out of favor. Thus,
+	 * no statistical tests.
+	 */
+
+	/*
+	 * We could add a check for system capabilities such as clock_getres or
+	 * check for CONFIG_X86_TSC, but it does not make much sense as the
+	 * following sanity checks verify that we have a high-resolution
+	 * timer.
+	 */
+	/*
+	 * TESTLOOPCOUNT needs some loops to identify edge systems. 100 is
+	 * definitely too little.
+	 */
+#define TESTLOOPCOUNT 300
+#define CLEARCACHE 100
+	for (i = 0; (TESTLOOPCOUNT + CLEARCACHE) > i; i++) {
+		__u64 time = 0;
+		__u64 time2 = 0;
+		__u64 folded = 0;
+		__u64 delta = 0;
+		unsigned int lowdelta = 0;
+
+		jent_get_nstime(&time);
+		jent_fold_time(NULL, time, &folded, 1<<MIN_FOLD_LOOP_BIT);
+		jent_get_nstime(&time2);
+
+		/* test whether timer works */
+		if (!time || !time2)
+			return JENT_ENOTIME;
+		delta = time2 - time;
+		/*
+		 * test whether timer is fine grained enough to provide
+		 * delta even when called shortly after each other -- this
+		 * implies that we also have a high resolution timer
+		 */
+		if (!delta)
+			return JENT_ECOARSETIME;
+
+		/*
+		 * up to here we did not modify any variable that will be
+		 * evaluated later, but we already performed some work. Thus we
+		 * already have had an impact on the caches, branch prediction,
+		 * etc. with the goal to clear it to get the worst case
+		 * measurements.
+		 */
+		if (CLEARCACHE > i)
+			continue;
+
+		/* test whether we have an increasing timer */
+		if (!(time2 > time))
+			time_backwards++;
+
+		/*
+		 * Avoid modulo of 64 bit integer to allow code to compile
+		 * on 32 bit architectures.
+		 */
+		lowdelta = time2 - time;
+		if (!(lowdelta % 100))
+			count_mod++;
+
+		/*
+		 * ensure that we have a varying delta timer which is necessary
+		 * for the calculation of entropy -- perform this check
+		 * only after the first loop is executed as we need to prime
+		 * the old_data value
+		 */
+		if (i) {
+			if (delta != old_delta)
+				count_var++;
+			if (delta > old_delta)
+				delta_sum += (delta - old_delta);
+			else
+				delta_sum += (old_delta - delta);
+		}
+		old_delta = delta;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * we allow up to three times the time running backwards.
+	 * CLOCK_REALTIME is affected by adjtime and NTP operations. Thus,
+	 * if such an operation just happens to interfere with our test, it
+	 * should not fail. The value of 3 should cover the NTP case being
+	 * performed during our test run.
+	 */
+	if (3 < time_backwards)
+		return JENT_ENOMONOTONIC;
+	/* Error if the time variances are always identical */
+	if (!delta_sum)
+		return JENT_EVARVAR;
+
+	/*
+	 * Variations of deltas of time must on average be larger
+	 * than 1 to ensure the entropy estimation
+	 * implied with 1 is preserved
+	 */
+	if (delta_sum <= 1)
+		return JENT_EMINVARVAR;
+
+	/*
+	 * Ensure that we have variations in the time stamp below 10 for at
+	 * least 10% of all checks -- on some platforms, the counter
+	 * increments in multiples of 100, but not always
+	 */
+	if ((TESTLOOPCOUNT/10 * 9) < count_mod)
+		return JENT_ECOARSETIME;
+
+	return 0;
+}